Tag: jewelry

Much like the ancient Egyptians 𓆎𓏏𓀀𓁐𓏪, I too love jewelry! I mostly wear bracelets 𓂝𓏠𓆑𓂋𓏏𓇛𓏪 and two 𓏻 snake 𓇋𓂝𓂋𓏏𓆘 rings 𓂝𓈖𓏏𓋪𓏦 from my Nonno and Nonna. I also wear a necklace with an ankh 𓋹 that my Nonno and Nonna got for me!

This blue 𓇋𓁹𓏏𓄿𓏸𓏥 faience 𓋣𓈖𓏏𓏸𓏼 necklace is different from the wesekh collar 𓅱𓋴𓐍𓎺𓋝 that I posted yesterday! For one, necklaces if this style were much easier to make (and cheaper to acquire) and while they did not appear as often in Egyptian art, they were definitely more popular amongst the masses. The gold 𓋞𓃉𓃉𓃉 bracelet 𓂝𓏠𓆑𓂋𓏏𓇛 is also fashioned in a similar style!

These simpler necklaces or bracelets 𓂝𓏠𓆑𓂋𓏏𓇛𓏪 could be have beads or amulets 𓊐𓊪𓅆𓏪 that were made of materials such as lapis lazuli 𓐍𓋴𓃀𓂧𓏧, malachite, gold 𓋞𓃉𓃉𓃉, amethyst, and faience 𓋣𓈖𓏏𓏸𓏼. Rarely, silver was used.

For the blue 𓇋𓁹𓏏𓄿𓏸𓏥 faience 𓋣𓈖𓏏𓏸𓏼 necklace, the heart 𓇋𓃀𓄣 amulet 𓊐𓊪𓅆 can be seen amongst other less specific beads. For the gold bracelet, the fly of valor 𓂝𓆑𓆑𓆦 is the amulet 𓊐𓊪𓅆 that is used. The fly of valor 𓂝𓆑𓆑𓆦 was given to military leaders who showed courage in battle.

One of the most popular types of jewelry amongst the elite – including the pharaohs 𓉐𓉻𓏦 and royal family is known as the broad collar 𓅱𓋴𓐍𓎺𓋝. In Middle Egyptian, the word for broad collar was 𓅱𓋴𓐍𓎺𓋝 (pronounced “wesekh) or simply just the determinative hieroglyph 𓋝 could be used for the whole word. This particular broad collar 𓅱𓋴𓐍𓎺𓋝 was made during the late 18th Dynasty.

The broad collar 𓅱𓋴𓐍𓎺𓋝 was the necklace of choice by both the gods 𓊹𓊹𓊹 and the pharaohs 𓉐𓉻𓏦 and it reached peak popularity during the 18th Dynasty. Broad collars 𓅱𓋴𓐍𓎺𓋝𓏦 could be made of many different types of materials, including gold 𓋞𓃉𓃉𓃉, but the one shown in this picture are made of blue 𓇋𓁹𓏏𓄿𓏸𓏥 faience 𓋣𓈖𓏏𓏸𓏼 beads. This broad collar 𓅱𓋴𓐍𓎺𓋝 is in almost perfect condition!

Underneath the broad collar 𓅱𓋴𓐍𓎺𓋝 is actually a spoon! It is not a spoon that was used for eating, but instead used to hold ointment 𓋴𓎼𓈖𓈖. The top part of the spoon swivels open! It is fashioned after a pomegranate 𓇋𓈖𓉔𓏠𓆭, and the spoon part itself is supposed to be a pomegranate 𓇋𓈖𓉔𓏠𓆭 fruit. Fun fact: pomegranate 𓇋𓈖𓉔𓏠𓆭 flowers and fruit never appear on the plant at the same time, so maybe the spoon is representative of the growth from flowers to fruit/the life cycle of the plant??!! We will never know!